Archives for February 2011

This post is likely only interesting to those who are actively selling, thinking about selling, buying or thinking about buying a home and using a Realtor.
Oh, what fun.
If your house is for sale (in Charlottesville) do you want prospective buyers and others writing about your home? Now you may have some say in the matter, thanks to this new listing agreement.
Commenting about homes for sale isn't new; FranklyMLS has been doing it for Read More

Sent in by a reader, in which the Wall Street Journal ask, Housing: Is It Time to Buy?:
There is, of course, one wild card that could affect most markets: rising interest rates. A big surge could pose a risk by making homes less affordable. Rates for a 30-year fixed-rate conforming mortgage spiked to 5.13% on Feb. 14 from 5.04% a week earlier, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.
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Since then, however, Read More

Next Wednesday my spring life changes again. My real estate business will shut down from three o'clock to six o'clock. And Saturdays' schedules will be non-negotiably altered.
Soccer season for the little one begins anew.
Coaching U-8 soccer is a thrilling, exhausting, rewarding, exhausting, trying, fun, exhausting and one of the best things I've ever done. Seeing the girls I coached eight years ago develop into real people - real people who are still playing soccer - is indescribably rewarding. My goal for each practice, each season, is to Read More

I love what WalkScore is doing - making it easier for consumers to see how walkable (I'm still waiting for bikeable) properties and areas are.
From their email newsletter:
Once the changes are live on your site (you'll notice the new iPhone style lists), you can visit our Amenity Map Wizard to see how larger sizes would look on your site.
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From the Daily Progress:
Charlottesville's City Council rejected a proposal Tuesday that would have modified the development plan for the William Taylor Plaza mixed-used project at the corner of Cherry Avenue and Ridge Street.
The council voted 3-2 to reject changes proposed by the developer that would have expanded the project's overall size and modified an affordable housing agreement included in the original Read More

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About Jim Duncan

I am a Realtor/Broker/Partner with Nest Realty in Charlottesville, Virginia. The goal of this site/blog remains unchanged in the nearly 10 years since its founding – to provide clear, coherent and unbiased analysis of the Charlottesville area real estate market.